Looking back on Coeur d’Alene’s hydro history — and future

By Mary Lou Reed

H1 Unlimited class hydroplanes can exceed 200 miles per hour on the straightaway. They are up to 30 feet long and weigh a whopping 6,750 pounds; they need cranes to lift them in and out of the water. At top speed, they literally fly across lakes and rivers with only their propellers touching the surface.

The smaller event takes its cues from euro;” and serves as an introduction to euro;” the National Sturgis Rally, so expect to see burn-out pits, tattoos and beautiful bikes. Showing off the hardware is part of the fun. Event co-organizer Sheri Herberholz says what the two celebrations really have in common is an unfailing sense of camaraderie.

Where to celebrate your Fourth of July in the Inland Northwest

By Jordy Byrd

In the words of the late, great Whitney Houston: “The children are our future.” So start your holiday off right with the annual kids’ parade in Coeur d’Alene. The parade starts downtown and will end at Independence Point. This year’s theme, “America the Beautiful,” will feature adorable costumes, pets, floats and bicyclists.

On the road to find the source of local earthquakes

By Chris Stein

Once those lines are mapped and lined up, Cothburn, and his colleagues from the U.S. Geological Survey will be able to see a two-dimensional image of the ground that, they hope, will tell them what caused a spate of earthquakes in Spokane over a decade ago.

The Old Republic expands the Star Wars game universe, see if you have what it takes to pass Google's entrance and the Spokane library gets online with Kindle check-outs

By Daniel Walters

of eBooks for free with a library card. Only Spokane County, however, has a deal with their e-book distributor to check out books in Amazonâeuro;™s Kindle format. Just check out the instructions on the Spokane County website, and then never leave the house for literature again.

How the bomb that didn’t go off changed the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March.

By Chris Stein

With the culprit behind bars, police, city officials and the march organizer say there are two things left to do: secure the parade, and stand up against the hateful motivations that brought Harpham and his bomb to the downtown intersection. ...continued on next page.

Tax Day — Yay!

By Ted S. McGregor Jr.

Ponder that GE story for a minute: Between 2007-09, GE also laid off 21,000 American workers and closed 20 factories. And we reward that? But don’t blame the corporations, say those leaders who thought a couple wars wouldn’t be too expensive.

The feds want feedback on their Hanford cleanup plan — and last week they got it

By Natalie Johnson

Mary Beth Burandt of DOE’s Office of River Protection in Richland, explained the 6,000-page Environmental Impact Statement in a short presentation and concluded that officials would take public comments into account in the final decisionmaking process.

It’s hard out there for a pimp. Hard for actors, too, with all the flawed heroes in Brooklyn’s Finest

By Ed Symkus

Sal (Ethan Hawke) makes it look like he’s on the ball, doing what needs to be done, always in the right places at the right times when busting up drug deals. But he’s falling short in providing money for his family, and there’s a lot of dirty cash easily within his reach.

Space Opera 77 has figured out glam rock. Now they just need to work out a decent demo.

By Jordy Byrd

As the name suggests, the project was intended to be a rock opera. Forged out of boredom, the opera developed into a band in the last year. Since then, the mostly local group (harpist Melissa Achten recently moved to Seattle) has been slowly saturating the Spokane music scene.